Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act VI

by A.G. Fanfics

Mankind has declared war on the monster world, Tsukune is struggling to control his vampire urges while kept in isolation, and a great evil is preparing to conquer everything. Moka and the group must now try to prevent war between the two worlds while defending against the growing darkness that approaches them all.

38. Complica's Choice

Ran was looking up with wide eyes of fright as she saw dozens of flying demons descending upon the villa from the tear in time high up in the sky. The howls and roars of the monsters echoed out as their dark shadowy figures seemed to expand out and block out the night sky above the compound with ever increasing numbers.

"Um, what do we do now?" Kyouko asked fearfully.

"This is bad, really bad. They know where we are now," Falla said shaking her head.

"They're coming straight for us!" Ahakon cried out.

"No, they're going straight for Luna, Falla, and Sun. You three, get inside now!" Razico said looking to the girls. They looked to him then up as the howls of the demons grew louder while more of them came into view from the rift in time.

"He's right, you three get inside and hide, we'll fight them off here," Ruby said readying her wand.

"You as well Complica, get out of sight," Ceal ordered while his reptilian hand glowed with a black hue.

"Get inside Arial, right now," Dark ordered while removing his earbuds and putting them in his pocket. Complica and Arial looked at them worriedly then up as they slowly backed away towards Luna and Falla.

"I don't think we're going to be running away from this, it appears we make our stand here," Fang Fang said with a focused expression.

Render chuckled and held his hands together, a bright glow coming from them before circling around his body. After a bright flash he was seen standing in his combat form while he looked up at the demons with a challenging smile.

"Sounds fun to me, I'm always ready for a fight. Here's hoping they make it interesting for us," he dared.

From the rift a monstrous roar echoed out followed by two more. The group watched with surprise as the airborne demons parted and started circling the sky above the compound while a gigantic flyer slowly phased through the rift. Ran trembled with fear as she saw the monster descending down towards them. It resembled a dragon; however the sheer size of it was nearly that of Alucard's, the massive beast having dark scales with red ones streaked around its legs and back. It had four large leathery wings that flapped behind it, two larger ones behind two smaller ones, and two long tails that swayed up and down behind it. And at the front it had three heads on extended necks, each of them having two horns protruding out the front along with mouths filled with razor sharp teeth and smoke billowing out. It had red eyes on all three heads, the monster's four legs having talons on its feet while its two arms at the shoulders had large claws on them.

"Holy shit," Gabriel said with wide eyes.

"What… the hell is that?" Rason asked nervously.

"Another colossus class monster, it's a dreadnought," Ran said shakily while backing up. Render looked at the massive flyer then tilted his head slightly with a curious expression.

"Well… that makes this interesting alright," he said simply.

"Oh my god! Look at the size of that thing!" Kyouko screamed out.

"That's… that's a really big one," Yukari whimpered.

"Um, Ran, any chance you can uncharm that thing?" Kurumu asked nervously. Ran shook her head and screamed in terror.

"I'm not going near that thing, are you crazy? We need to get the hell out of here, you have no idea what that thing can do!" she cried out before she turned and ran towards the nearby building, with Ahakon quickly grabbing her hand and pulling her back. She looked to him with fright as he shook his head with a worried expression.

"Please Ran, if you can stop these things then you have to try, can't you sing them to sleep or release them from the dark king's control?" he asked.

"I can't uncharm it, each of the three heads is a different personality and character, it took both my sisters along with myself to charm these things one at a time; my voice alone won't work on all three of its heads. Not to mention I would need to get close to that thing in order to even try, I mean really close!" Ran cried out.

The dreadnought roared with its three heads as it flew around the compound, the group looking up at it with shock as the monster circled about then landed down on the main building, its massive size crushing through the structure and leveling it to the ground as its wings flapped behind it. The group scrambled back towards the damaged wall on the edge of the compound as they saw the colossus literally trampling down the main building with its sheer size. The heads roared and looked around then focused on the group as the massive beast turned to face them.

"Is that close enough?" Gin asked nervously.

"Oh dear, my home!" Fang Fang cried out with despair at seeing the main building having been crushed by the massive colossus. Guards around the compound began shooting at the dreadnought and the other demons, the bullets flying through the air with rapid firing bangs. The bullets sparked against the hide of the colossus but didn't scratch it while the airborne demons descended upon the compound and began to attack the guards mercilessly. Some of the demons were shot down and wounded while others tore into their targets with their claws and teeth. A few of the monsters struck at the humans with swords and spears while others launched balls of fire and acid through the air, the horde of otherworldly demons engaging the guards all over the compound while the group watched the colossus which remained fixated on them.

"We're all going to die!" Kyouko screamed as she darted behind Gin and clung to him for dear life. Ran dropped onto her rear and tried to scoot back while staring at the colossus with terror.

"I can't uncharm it! I can't charm all three of its heads!" she cried out desperately.

"Which head can you uncharm?" Luna asked quickly. Ran looked back to her as she and Falla watched her carefully.

"What?" Ran cried out.

"Which one can you uncharm? Which one?" Luna called out. Ran shook her head then looked back to the colossus.

"I can only charm the middle one with my singing, why-" she asked before Luna and Falla vanished and instantly appeared up in the air near the left and right heads of the colossus, the girls having shifted through time and flown up to swipe at the beasts' two massive heads with their chrono magic. However the two chronoflies were staring at the monster with shock as they held their hands down at the sides after their attacks, their attacks which did nothing to the beast.

"No way," Luna breathed out fearfully, having watched as her swipe through time seared against the colossus before washing away.

"No, it can't be," Falla said shaking her head, having seen her attack not even damage the eye of the head that was glaring at her. Both heads roared then snapped at them, the girls vanishing then appearing back with the group while staring at the monster with disbelief.

"We didn't even scratch it. We didn't even scratch it!" Falla cried out. Luna looked to her hands then to the monster while shaking her head.

"Our magic had no effect on it! It's just like how it was with Alucard!" she exclaimed.

"What? Just how strong is this thing anyway? What the hell is it?" Rason said shaking his head.

"It's a dreadnought, an alpha dragon!" Ran shrieked.

"Dragon?" Luna cried out.

"Dragon!" Complica screamed while pointing to it.

"I thought our magic could kill anything!" Falla yelled out.

"Dragons have immense monster energy, maybe we can't even cut through it with our magic," Luna said nervously. Falla blinked then vanished again as she shifted into time, reappearing near one of the monster's heads while holding her shoe and staring at the colossus with wide eyes. She had watched her chrono infused strike hit the dragon's skin, yet only a few scales peeled off as the torn wave of time cut against it.

"You've got to be shitting me!" Falla screamed before the dragon roared at her. She vanished then appeared back with the others while staring at the beast with fright.

"Even holding something else I could only graze its scales, just how strong are these things anyway?" she cried out.

"They're dragons, their monster energy is extremely massive and dense, normal weapons and magic can't even cut them," Ran said shaking her head.

"You mean not even their chrono magic can kill these things?" Yukari asked nervously.

"Maybe they can't, but I know somebody who can," Fang Fang said as the group looked to Ceal, the mage narrowing his eyes at the colossus.

"Xarai, my sword!" he called out. From the ground around them tentacles came up from dark rifts, the group watching as the dragon slayer's sword was brought up behind him in its sheath. Falla watched her boyfriend with wonder as he grabbed the blade and took it out with a sharp swing, the mage glaring at the dragon while holding his unique weapon.

"Wow," she said quietly.

"Helps to have a dragon slayer among our ranks," Razico commented with a smirk.

"A dragon's monster energy is indeed very dense and strong, however there are ways to cut through it, like the sword of a dragon slayer," Ruby said with a confident smile.

"Drop that thing Ceal," Leon called out.

"We'll pay whatever the bill is, just please do so now," Fang Fang urged while looking back to the massive monster. Ceal geared back with his sword as black lightning danced around the blade which gave off a soft white light, with Falla watching him with wonder and a growing smile. Complica looked at the boy with awe then to the dragon as it roared and geared back on its hind legs. The massive beast then stomped down on the ground with its front feet, shattering the earth below it with a devastating shockwave and knocking the group back towards the wall as a loud concussive blast struck by. Everybody rolled back towards the brick and stone wall that was cracked and damaged from earlier as the dreadnought roared out. The group stumbled back to their feet while watching the monster as all three of its heads were glaring at them while smoke and flames were coming out of their mouths. Nearby other winged demons and monsters landed down on the ground with a few atop the wall while more were descending from above still.

"We're surrounded, what do we do?" Kyouko cried out as she clung to Razico's side.

"For starters stop panicking and let me go," the warlock said while trying to pull her off.

"Leave the dragon to Ceal, take these other bastards out with everything you have," Kokoa declared as Kou flew up and poofed into a giant morning star weapon, the vampire reaching up and catching it as she glared around at the demons while her monster energy started to multiply.

Along the top of the damaged barrier a dark shadow crept past some of the demons and wavered around a chunk of debris that was hanging over the edge, being held in place by a few loose bricks that started to budge.

"They're going to try to take Luna, Falla, and Sun back to the other world, they're the main targets," Kurumu called out as her wings and tail extended out, her nails extending as well while she focused on her demonic energy.

The chunk of bricks atop the wall cracked and tilted over slightly as a ghostly hand pressed against it.

"Luna, Falla, Complica; shift into time and get out of here right now," Mizore ordered as she formed her frozen katanas in each hand.

"Take Arial and Sun with you, get as far away from this place as you can," Dark said as his eyes turned black.

The bricks started to shift and budge, the chunk of debris rocking slightly over the edge of the wall.

"I'm not going anywhere, I want to see Ceal take this thing down," Falla said with an eager smile at her boyfriend.

"Me too, do it Ceal do it Ceal do it Ceal!" Complica cheered eagerly.

"I'm not leaving you Dark, no way," Arial said shaking her head.

Render formed his two blades in his hands, the unique swords phasing into view as he traced his hands over where the weapons appeared, then grabbed the handles.

"Quit being so stubborn kid, you and the others get out of here right now. Leave the fighting to us, we can handle these guys. You ready babe?" he said glancing back to Apoch. The witch nodded as she formed her barrier blade, eyeing over the winged demons and monsters that were nearby in the courtyard.

"Always ready," she declared confidently.

Without warning the chunk of debris slammed down onto Apoch, crushing her head and upper body into the ground as blood splattered back against the wall. Everybody stared with shock as the witch's barrier sword flickered then vanished from her hand which went limp on the grass. Render looked at the sight of his girlfriend having been killed with wide eyes as he struggled to say anything, rendered speechless and in shock. Astreal trembled then screamed as she grabbed her hair.

"APOCH!" she cried out.

"Oh my god, Apoch!" Kyouko cried out.

"Holy shit, she's dead!" Rason yelled out as the group stared at the fallen witch. Astreal screamed then ran over and knelt down next to Apoch's body, looking at her slain sister with horror and teary eyes.

"No! Apoch!" she cried out shaking her head.

"No… that… that didn't just happen. No! Apoch! APOCH!" Render yelled out with agony.

"No, no!" Ruby cried out. Sun looked at the fallen witch with horror, holding a hand over her mouth while Ran stared with wide eyes of fright.

"Sister! Sister!" Astreal cried out as she hugged the lower body of her sister which wasn't crushed into the ground by the chunk of rubble.

A winged demon struck down a guard and started hacking at the human with its talons, the man struggling to push it off while his rifle was held down to the side. He kicked and struggled to move before the demon gashed his throat and smashed his skull, the monster then swiping off the arm and sending the limb off to the side while holding the rifle still. A dark shadow crept around the rifle as a ghostly hand traced along the barrel.

"No! NO!" Render yelled out before he ran off to the side towards multiple shadowy demons. The monsters roared and got ready to fight as the battlemage ran at them with tears in his eyes. Kokoa yelled out with anger and followed him while Gin shifted into his werewolf form and took off as well. Render swung at a large monster with his blade, striking into its skull while Kokoa jumped up and swung down with her morning star at an armored brute, smashing it into the ground while Gin leapt over and tackled a winged demon to the ground.

"You bastards!" Gin roared as he punched the demon's head again and again, smashing it into bloody chunks while Render swung his blades around wildly, tearing through demons with vicious strikes as he went mad with rage.

"I'll kill you all!" Render yelled out.

"Apoch!" Kurumu screamed out as she arched back, her wings igniting as her demonic power flared up. She dashed towards the demons on the other side of the group in a blur, swiping her nails through one and cleaving it instantly into pieces before she flew up into the air with her flaming wings. She struck through another winged demon then another, flying around at high speed while decimating all those she could see. Rason and Gabriel took off into the air with furious yells after her while Razico whipped his chains off to the side and ensnared a few other demons, the warlock sending fire and lightning through the links and setting his foes ablaze while Ruby took aim and fired her magical bolts of energy at others.

"Damn you all to hell!" Ruby yelled out with teary eyes. Dark roared as he vanished into a black wisp while Mizore dashed out and swung her blades at a shadowy monster that was bound by Razico's chains, her frozen katanas cleaving through the skull and chest before she swung around at another monster in her anger. Felucia ran out and jumped into a downward kick at another, the brute stumbling back before its leg snapped in from Dark breaking the bones, the shadow demon then taking the evil monster down to the ground and tearing its throat out with his bare hand.

"Sister, she's dead," Complica whimpered while holding onto Falla's side, the elder chronofly looking at her fallen friend with agony.

"No, not you Apoch," she said softly. Yukari and Ahakon cried out in anger and sorrow then joined Ruby and Razico with their magic, the young witchling sending out a wave of rolling earth to crush a few demons while the mage launched out a fireball at another.

"Apoch!" Yukari cried out with anger and tears in her eyes. Ahakon waved his hand fiercely, sending out a torrent of electricity that zapped and stunned a few monsters before Ruby struck them down with her wand's power.

Astreal slowly stood up while looking down at her fallen sister as Leon walked over to her, both in shock at seeing Apoch killed right before them. After a pause Astreal screamed and shook her head as she felt her heart ache at the sight.

"No! This isn't happening, this isn't happening! Wake me up!" she screamed out.

The ghostly hand circled around the rifle of the fallen guard as Kokoa ran by and swung her morning star at another monster of the dark world, the girl's swing striking off the head with a crunch before another raced up and struck at her with its claws. She jumped up and swung around at the monster, the demon grabbing her weapon then throwing her off to the side. The morning star dropped onto the ground with a heavy thud as the vampire tumbled past, the girl rolling over the rifle and severed arm as the ghostly hand vanished from view. As she did the hand squeezed the trigger and the rifle started firing wildly, the weapon rattling around uncontrollably as it fired constantly. The flying lead struck along the ground with rapid strikes then shot out through Astreal's head, the witch jerking back as a bullet tore through her skull. Leon watched with horror as the sickening crunch of the hit was heard while seeing blood shooting out the back of the girl's head, the witch then dropping down on top of her sister.

"ASTREAL!" Leon cried out as the group stared at the second fatality with shock.

"Astreal! Oh my god!" Kyouko screamed out.

"Astreal, no!" Rason cried out, then roared with anger and swung over with a fierce punch at an airborne shadowy demon. Kurumu stared at her fallen friends with horror then yelled out before she viciously clawed and hacked at the flying demons with her nails, darting around at blinding speed while Gabriel was sending another punch to a monster's head. More came from above and started to close in on the trio, the three monsters attempting to kill each and every one as they were filled with rage for their loss.

"Astreal… please, no," Leon said quietly as he dropped to his knees, staring at his girlfriend with heartbroken eyes. He shook his head then yelled out in agony as Falla started crying at the sight.

"No, this isn't happening, no!" she screamed as she looked around with teary eyes. She saw Mizore swinging her frozen blades at a winged demon, the monster taking a hit to its side before it swiped at her. The snow girl dodged back as the monster's arm was grabbed and held by an invisible shadow demon, with Mizore then slicing down and cutting the arm off with her blade. Dark spun the severed arm around and plunged it through the demon's heart while Felucia ran by and swiped up a SMG from a downed guard, the girl firing at another monster relentlessly with a loud yell. The pelted monstrous brute stumbled back before another flew down and struck at Felucia with a broadsword, the blade slicing through the doll demon and dropping her to the ground while Dark grabbed Mizore's hand and pulled her back from being struck from behind by another demon. The two looked around as they saw more landing in the courtyard and others jumping off from the wall above.

"Dammit," Felucia coughed out as her body slowly started to heal up.

"There's so many," Mizore said worriedly while looking up at the sky.

"Stay focused my little snow bunny, we've just begun to fight," Dark said as the two vanished again into a black wisp. Felucia slowly stood up again and aimed her gun before she was struck through by a sword then taken to the ground by a fiery blast of magic.

"They just keep coming, we can't stay here," Luna said looking around fearfully. Complica looked around quickly then to Ceal as the boy started walking towards the dragon with his sword in hand. He waved his hand to the side, causing Xarai's tentacles to flail up from the ground and ensnare a few demons before ripping their limbs off. The dark monsters started to swipe and hack at the tentacles, of which new ones came up from below along with Xarai's angry groan. Another was bound before Mizore swiped through its head while under her boyfriend's cloak, then another was tangled before Render swung down with his blades and struck down the beast with a furious yell. Ceal looked around at the battles then back to chronoflies.

"Complica, you and your sisters must flee, now," he ordered firmly. The girls looked to him as he turned towards the dragon and geared back with his sword, the mage then swinging the blade and casting out a powerful wave of energy with a high pitched bang. The strike hit the dragon's front leg, searing the scales and flesh while drawing blood as the monster roared at the slayer with its three heads.

"No, I'm not leaving you Ceal," Falla said shaking her head.

"We can't leave you to fight that thing alone big brother," Complica whimpered.

"You have to get out of here while you can. Shift into time and go as far away as you can from here, that's an order Falla," Ceal said looking back to Falla with a stern expression. She stuttered something while slowly shaking her head, looking at her boyfriend with worried eyes before up at the dreadnought.

"No… but… I can't leave you…" she said softly.

Fang Fang narrowed his eyes and held his hands down, causing several glowing circles of light to appear around on the ground. From the light several small wolves of yellow and green fur shifted up from the earth, the beasts having leathery wings and long tails while their blue eyes were cold and glaring. The hounds howled then took off after a few of the demons nearby, leaping up onto them and biting the throats and bodies of the monsters while a few of the summoned beasts took to the sky and started chasing other airborne demons.

"Listen to him; you must go before you are taken by this monster. You're all the targets of this battle and… wait, where's Sun?" Fang Fang said looking around. Ceal looked back to him then over to seeing the siren running towards Leon as the boy was still looking down at his deceased girlfriend's body with sorrow. The siren ran over and tackled the boy to the side as a large chunk of debris from the crumbling wall of the compound slammed down behind them, crushing the remains of the witch sisters into the dirt as a dust cloud kicked up. Leon shook his head to regain his senses then saw Sun looking down at him with remorseful eyes, the siren lying on top of him as the roars and shouts of the battle were heard around them.

"This isn't happening, tell me this is just a bad dream, please tell me this isn't real," Leon said with tears in his eyes. Sun slowly shook her head as she started crying softly, with Leon then glancing past her to seeing another large chunk of debris falling towards them.

"Look out!" he yelled as she threw the girl off to the side, the large mass of bricks then slamming down onto him with a crash. Sun rolled to the side as Luna and Falla screamed at seeing Leon crushed under the rubble.

"Leon!" Luna yelled out. Render looked back over then stared with absolute shock as the dust cleared from where his friend just was.

"No! NO! Leon, not you too!" he yelled out in agony.

Sun stared with horrified eyes at where the mimic mage was killed as she slowly stood up then shook her head while grabbing her hair. She then heard a wolf's howl, prompting her to look over and see Gin being taken down to the ground by two large winged demons, the four legged monsters biting into the werewolf's neck and body while he screamed out in pain. Sun watched with shock as the demons tore into the werewolf and clawed at him mercilessly, with two more monstrous brutes rushing over to kill the wolf with their large swords. The monster swung down and hacked into the fighter that let out a hoarse cry before falling silent.

"GIN!" Kokoa screamed as she saw her boyfriend being mutilated before her eyes. She ran over and grabbed her Kou-mace, racing towards the monsters that were killing her boyfriend with teary eyes of anger before two more shadowy monsters dropped down from above and took the girl to the ground.

"AHHH!" she screamed as the two demons used their claws and mouths to tear into her, ripping apart her clothing then her flesh.

"Gin! Kokoa!" Luna cried out as she saw the redhead screaming and being eviscerated from behind while the two demons atop the vampire clawed at her ruthlessly. Kokoa let out another scream of agony before falling silent with Sun still staring at where Gin's remains were. The four demons that slaughtered the werewolf howled before taking off, blood dripping from their claws and blades as more of the otherworldly monsters gathered around the compound.

"Oh my god, they're dead!" Falla cried out.

"Kokoa! Gin!" Ruby cried out as she looked over to seeing the two having been killed, with the monsters standing over Kokoa looking towards Sun with glares and blood dripping from their hands. Sun shakily looked over to them as they approached her, her body feeling weak and her mind having gone into shock from seeing her beloved torn apart right in front of her.

"Get away from her!" Render roared as he ran over and swiped his blades at the demons, slicing through the body of one and cleaving the other's skull into two. The battlemage shoved the monsters away then was tackled to the ground by another, with Sun staring ahead in shock as she seemed to lose touch with reality. Render's screams and blood splattering onto her dress didn't faze the girl at all, her eyes seeming to gaze off into space as she remembered over and over again the sound and image of Gin being killed before her.

"Render!" Luna cried out. In a flash Luna and Falla appeared over next to Sun and the battlemage, the demon on top of the boy being annihilated as two searing waves of time had carved through it in a flash. The chronoflies looked down to seeing the remains of Render with pained expressions then to Sun as she kept staring off into space.

"Sun, snap out of it! We need to get the hell out of here!" Luna cried out while shaking the girl. Another painful scream came from above, the sisters looking up to seeing Rason being slashed and hacked into while he was held in place by another demon. The boy thrashed around in the grip of a larger flying monster while another was slashing into his body repeatedly with wraith blades on his arms.

"Rason!" Luna shrieked as the angel was gutted and torn apart in the air. Nearby Gabriel dropped to the ground with cuts and wounds all over his body, his eye having been gouged out while his wings were bleeding. Luna looked over to him as the boy dropped onto his knee while holding his arm, the image of him being in that state causing her heart to ache unbearably. It was almost as if she could feel his pain.

"Oh god, Gabriel!" she cried out. The angel looked over to her with a weary expression before two more demons tackled him down to the ground, mauling him viciously as his last scream echoed out. Luna held a hand over her mouth as she felt a horrible stabbing feeling in her own heart, her eyes locked onto the angel while Falla screamed out in horror.

"No!" she yelled before she appeared over by the angel in an instant, the demons above him being splattered back from the girl's attacks through time. Falla dropped to her knees as she cried, looking over the fallen angel's body before turning to Luna who was staring at him with devastation.

"No… this… this can't be happening!" she cried out. She looked up to seeing Kurumu tumbling through the air down to the ground nearby, holding her bloodied shoulder which was missing its arm as she dropped down onto her knees.

"AHHH! RASON!" Kurumu screamed out as she looked up with watery eyes of anger. Her wings flared wildly with their purple flames before two winged demons flew down and tried to slash at her with their claws. She screamed and swung around with her remaining hand at the demons, one of them tearing off her right wing while the other struck her across the face and took out her eye. The girl screamed in pain before a larger behemoth dropped down behind her and smashed her into the ground with its fists. The monster roared and smashed down again and again, with each strike causing dirt and purple flames to fly out of the crater that the girl was pushed further and further down into. After a few more hits the monster roared as black smoke came up from the crater while the demonic power from the succubus vanished completely.

"Kurumu! Oh my god, we're being slaughtered!" Ruby cried out as the remaining fighters saw larger demons and behemoths dropping down around the compound. Some of them were nearly as tall as the surrounding barrier to the compound while others were of smaller sizes.

"What do we do?" Kyouko cried out, standing near Fang Fang while holding Arial and Complica close to her.

"There's too many of them!" Arial cried out looking up at the large horde of monsters that were descending upon the compound. Some were flying demons that were circling about while other larger behemoths and brutes of different shapes and kinds dropped down and landed on the ground and buildings with powerful impacts.

"We have to run away somewhere!" Complica cried out while holding onto Kyouko, watching as a two-headed brute crashed through the compound's southern wall and started swinging its giant battle-axe at the buildings and guards that were shooting wildly at it.

"There's nowhere to run to my dear angel, we must either fight or fall," Fang Fang declared while looking around with a frustrated expression.

"Those are terrible choices! Look around you, we're dying here!" Kyouko cried out.

From above giant deafening squawks were heard, the group looking up to seeing two colossal rylos descending from the rift as well while circling the compound high in the sky. Luna and Falla stared at the new colossus class demons with fright while Sun continued to remain silent and in a state of shock.

"Oh my god, more? How many are they sending after us?" Falla cried out.

"We can't fight this many, we have to get out of here!" Luna shouted out.

Ruby gasped and erected a magical dome around herself, Razico, Yukari, and Ahakon, the casters looking around with frustration and anger as larger monsters and demons started pounding on the barrier. Ruby strained herself to keep the shield up, the dome flickering with each hit while the others tried to use their magic to strike down the evil monsters.

"I can't hold them for long!" she called out.

"This isn't working, we need a plan!" Ahakon shouted out as he tried firing a lightning bolt at a brute's face, the monster taking the hit yet still attacking the barrier without flinching.

"We're all going to die, that's the plan!" Yukari cried out as she waved her wand, sending a cascading wave of earth away and knocking more of the dark monsters back before they scrambled through the dirt and resumed hitting the shield.

"We're bringing his whole army down right on top of us, we can't fight this many off!" Razico called out.

"This isn't his army, this is just the beginning!" Ran cried out as she ran back over towards them and hid behind Ahakon on her knees, looking around with fearful eyes as she knew this wasn't even a fraction of the dark king's forces yet.

Luna looked around with fright then shook Sun by the shoulders again, still not getting any reaction out of the catatonic siren.

"Sun! Snap out of it, we need to get out of here!" she cried out. From above winged demons flew down and knocked the girls to the ground, the two chronofly sisters being shoved into a tumble before chains whipped around them. The girls screamed as two brutes each grabbed them and lifted them into the air while the chains became taught around their bodies, their arms being entangled and held down at their sides while another winged demon picked up Sun by her head, the girl now thrashing around and trying to pull the monster's large hand off of her.

"No!" Falla yelled out as the chains around her tightened, constricting her body and wrapping tightly around her figure.

"Help!" Luna screamed as she struggled to move as the two brutes holding her extended out their wings. The group looked over to them as Complica screamed in terror.

"NO! Luna, Falla!" she cried out.

"Falla!" Ceal yelled out before looking back to the dreadnaught as it roared at him. The two heads on the sides of the beast geared back while flames shot out from their mouths, with the catalyst mage growling in frustration as he geared back with his sword. He swung once at the right head then at the left, the two hits striking the dreadnought on each of the faces causing the inflicted heads to recoil slightly with searing scars across their faces.

"Luna! Falla!" Kyouko cried out. She then had to pull Arial and Complica back as the two were struggling to race towards the bound chronoflies and siren.

"Wait, you can't go out there!" she shouted out.

"Let me go, they're taking my sisters away!" Complica screamed out.

"Sun!" Arial cried out as she thrashed about in the human's grip.

Luna and Falla screamed as they were chained in place tightly while being held by two larger demons each, with Sun then being grabbed by the throat of another shadowy demon and being held still as she looked at it with fearful eyes.

"Now you're getting me mad!" Ceal yelled as he swung his blade at the dragon again, causing the streak of energy to slice across the face of the middle head. The two side ones geared back then blew streaming hot torrents of fire down at the courtyard, incinerating a few evil demons that got in the way as the group watched with surprise. Ceal quickly swiped his blade with all his might, sending a powerful wave of energy into one of the torrents that caused it to explode and blast back across the ground with a wild inferno. The other torrent raced towards Ruby's barrier as the witch watched it with fright.

"It's not going to hold, run!" she yelled out as her barrier flickered from the other demons pounding against it. Yukari, Ahakon, and Ran bolted to the side as fast as they could, with Yukari waving her wand and sending out a rolling wave of earth to knock the monsters in their path away, while Razico ran up to Ruby, shielding her while the witch watched him with shock.

"Run Razico!" she yelled as the red glow started to engulf them.

"Not without you!" he yelled.

From in front of the barrier Mizore was suddenly thrown off to the side by Dark, the snow maiden phasing into view with a yell.

"Dark!" she cried out, with Arial quickly looking over with a gasp as the snow maiden tumbled into a roll before landing next to Felucia. The doll demon gasped as the flames barreled nearby then quickly dove on top of Mizore to shield her from the blaze, her back searing and scorching as Mizore's exposed hand started on fire, causing her to scream while Felucia tried to hold her down. The fiery torrent slammed into Ruby's barrier, shattering it instantly and following through as the witch and warlock were engulfed in the fiery blaze along with the evil demons that were surrounding them.

"Ruby!" Luna cried out.

"Razico!" Falla screamed as the searing torrent of flames incinerated the ground it traveled along before striking into and melting through the compound's wall. Yukari and Ahakon stumbled away from the blaze while screaming from the heat before a flying demon landed down and tackled Yukari to the ground.

"AHHHH!" the witch screamed as it stated tearing into her body with its claws, with Ahakon stumbling back then screaming as he saw his girlfriend being ripped apart on the grass.

"NO! YUKARI!" he yelled as aimed his hand at demon. Before he could cast a spell the monster's tail whipped by and struck the mage in the head, throwing him back into the fiery torrent with a scream that quickly fell silent.

"Ahakon!" Ran screamed as she saw the mage vanish into the flames. She trembled then looked to the demon that was tearing apart Yukari with fright.

"No… no! Stop it!" she cried out as she ran over and tried to push the monster off. It ripped out Yukari's throat then swung back at Ran with its hand, the sickening crack of the siren's neck being heard loudly as the girl was struck with incredible force before being launched back into a wicked tumble.

"NO!" Kyouko cried out as she watched the two young casters being killed along with the siren who collapsed on the ground with a frozen expression of shock on her face along with a broken neck.

"Make it stop! Make it stop!" Complica cried out as she looked back over to seeing her sisters bound and being held in place. Arial shook her head as she looked around frantically.

"Wait, what happened to Dark, what about him?" she cried out.

Felucia slowly sat up while cringing, her back smoking and gradually starting to heal while Mizore clutched her scorched hand, the snow maiden crying out in horrible pain while her feet were burned as well.

"Mizore… oh god, what… what happened?" Felucia coughed out. Mizore screamed and looked back towards the billowing wall of flames that had been stretched out across the courtyard.

"DARK!" she screamed out. Felucia looked back to the flames then slowly shook her head as she trembled.

"No… he didn't… no! NO!" she cried out.

"Where's Dark? What happened to him?" Arial screamed as she broke free from Kyouko's grip, the snow angel rushing towards Mizore and Felucia.

"Mizore, don't you dare tell me…" Felucia said looking back to Mizore with fearful eyes. Mizore cried out as she held her hand while watching the flames burn.

"He threw me out of the way! He threw me to the side before he got hit!" she cried out. Arial looked over to the flames with wide eyes and shook her head, her breathing picking up while she grabbed her hair.

"No… no! NO NO NO! DARK! He… HE CAN'T BE DEAD!" she screamed out, her hair freezing over instantly as the ground below her froze solid. She yelled out then looked to Mizore with fury and tears, the snow maiden crying and screaming as she watched the flames burn where Dark had been. She looked around then screamed out as she saw another demon ripping Yukari's heart out nearby, with Felucia and Arial looking over to it as well with horror.

"Oh my god, everyone's dying!" Felucia cried out. Arial screamed as a powerful arctic chill blew around her, the snow angel looking back towards the dragon with absolute fury as her eyes glowed white.

"No… NO! NOOOOO!" she yelled as she swung her hands towards the dragon, causing a massive explosion of frozen spikes to jettison from the ground and expand out towards the dreadnought. The colossus roared before the gigantic frozen shards struck into the neck of its left head as well as its body, the monster then howling as the shards pierced into the dragon's body. The left head screeched as a shard tore through its eye while another dislocated its jaw, the ice being of incredible strength and frozen temperature as Arial yelled out with all her might.

"YOU KILLED MY SON!" she screamed out in her rage. Ceal yelled out and swung his sword at the giant dragon again, the blade's wave of energy flying through the air and striking the left head which had half of its jaw sliced off. The wounded head of the dreadnought screeched as it thrashed around while the center one turned towards Arial with a roar as flames flared up inside of its mouth.

"Run Arial, it's going to fire again!" Luna screamed out. Sun looked towards the snow angel with a strained expression as the demon holding her kept a firm grip around her throat, keeping her from using her voice even if she wished to use it despite the fact that she would kill Luna and Falla at such close range.

"YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL!" Arial screamed as she swung her hands towards the dragon again, causing another massive wave of frozen ice and spires to erupt from the ground and launch towards the dark beast. The dreadnought geared back then fired a torrent of searing flames at the angel, the waves of fire clashing into the wall of ice causing a blast of steam and haze to erupt out. Arial yelled as she focused all her power into her attack, straining herself with everything she had to avenge her demon. Ceal geared back and to swing at the dragon again before he was tackled to the ground from behind by another winged demon, the mage being pinned onto the ground as the monster roared at him. He looked back to it then to the dragon as its fiery breath burned through and pushed on against the frozen waves of ice. Arial, Mizore, and Felucia watched with fright as the glowing white of the snow angel's ice turned into a crimson red before shattering, the flames then streaking towards them as the red glow engulfed the ground around them.

"Mizore!" Felucia cried out as she tried to shield the snow maiden again on the ground.

"Dark," Arial breathed out before the torrent of flames engulfed them, a flash of white frozen smoke poofing briefly where the snow angel was before being consumed by the flames. Mizore screamed out as the fiery torrent raged past her, with Felucia screaming in pain as she was burned from head to toe. Before she collapsed she felt Mizore's body melting and burning away into the stream of flames, the doll demon then crying out hoarsely as she felt her friend's body vanishing within her arms.

"ARIAL!" Complica screamed out as she saw the fiery torrent burning away the two snow girls and doll demon. She then looked over and screamed as two more winged demons descended down and started tearing apart Ceal viciously, with Falla screaming as loud as she could from seeing her boyfriend killed before her.

"CEAL! NO!" she screamed as she struggled to move.

"Oh fuck, we're all going to die!" Kyouko cried out. Fang Fang looked around quickly, seeing that nobody else was left standing from the onslaught of the dark demons, then back to Kyouko with a stern expression.

"Get that one out of here right now, hide her! I'm going to try to free the others! Go!" he ordered before he ran towards the bound chronoflies and siren. Kyouko started crying while holding Complica close, watching as numerous shadowy demons were everywhere while the dreadnought roared out nearby. Complica clung to her fearfully while looking over towards her sisters, the two bound girls screaming and struggling to move in their bonds. Fang Fang ran over towards them then held down his hand to the ground, readying to summon his phoenix.

"Alright Fang Fang, it's all up to you," he declared confidently to himself. From the ground a large circle of light formed, the waves of orange and white light washing around from the casting spell as the yasha focused his magic. Luna, Falla, and Sun looked to him with fearful eyes as the surrounding demons glared at the boy.

"If you wish to take those ladies away, you'll have to deal with me," he threatened as the phoenix's head started to phase up from the ground.

From above a loud boom echoed out in the sky, with a streak of dark light racing down from the rift towards the compound. Fang Fang looked up to seeing the flash of dark light flying down before it struck into the ground nearby, throwing the boy back into a tumble from the impact. Kyouko and Complica looked over to seeing a figure standing where the flash had hit, with Fang Fang slowly getting back onto his feet and glaring at the newcomer. All around the demons and colossuses suddenly grew quiet and looked towards the new arrival. Fang Fang glanced around, seeing the demons kneeling down and bowing while the dreadnought stood upright and watched the new figure constantly. Luna, Falla, and Sun looked around fearfully then to the figure as it turned to face them.

"Ah, such a divine catch, both chronoflies and the elusive siren in one go. I don't believe it could have worked out any better for me in any other way," the figure laughed. The three girls stared at him with fright as a cold feeling started to slink down their spines from his mere presence. He stood fairly tall with a large muscular build, wearing black leather shoes with intertwined straps that went around his lower legs, crimson colored short pants with black diamonds on the leather belt, a black sleeveless tunic with three purple diamonds adorning the front below the collar, and gray metal shoulder guards that had serrated blades sticking out to the sides. Behind him were large demonic wings, the black frames having talons sticking out at the edges while the insides of the wings where a dark purple. His long raven hair was tied into a braid behind his head that went down past his shoulders and had a gold band holding it at the end. He had a devilish smile on his face that gave the three bound girls chills just seeing it, and his eyes were glaring with the right being orange and the left being a deep crimson. He chuckled and slowly looked back to Fang Fang as the phoenix nearby squawked while its body was halfway up through the casting circle.

"And just who do you think you are?" Fang Fang demanded. The newcomer smirked and glanced to the phoenix as it screeched while flying up into the air, its wings flapping and causing small flames to flare out behind it.

"Your new king," the man said with a dark tone, and then waved his hand up towards the legendary bird of fire. A streak of torn space and darkness flashed up and tore through the phoenix in a flash, with Fang Fang watching as the bird was decimated before bursting into flames and slowly dissolving before it hit the ground. The girls stared at the sight with shock then looked to the man as he walked up towards the yasha. Fang Fang looked to him with a stunned expression as the man merely shrugged with a dark smile.

"Yes, your new ruler of all that shall ever be, Babylon," he declared. In a flash he backhanded Fang Fang, with the yasha literally exploding and blasting apart into bloody fragments that splattered to the side with a sickening crunch. The girls stared at the sight with horror as the mere hit from the man had completely annihilated the yasha upon contact.

"NO!" Luna cried out.

"Fang Fang, no! You bastard!" Falla screamed out at him. Kyouko trembled while holding Complica close, the young chronofly staring at the dark king with absolute fright while she clung to the human girl. Babylon laughed then walked back to the bound girls, paying the human no mind at all.

"You monster, you're the one responsible for all of this!" Luna screamed out at him. Sun struggled to move, glaring with teary eyes at the dark king as she was held by the throat still. Babylon chuckled and held a hand to Luna's cheek, the girl trembling with fear as his piercing gaze was just as frightening as Pandora's.

"You thought you could escape me my dear? How very foolish of you, though I suppose that would be expected of a lesser being," he said with a smirk. Luna trembled then spat at him, the man not even flinching before he wiped the spit off of his cheek.

"Nice to see you have that fire in you still, I'll expect some healthy and fit warriors from both you and your dear sister," he said glancing to Falla. The chronoflies' eyes widened as the demons holding them stretched out their wings.

"No, no! NO!" Luna screamed as the two holding her took off into the air. Falla screamed out in terror as she was taken right after her, the two being flowing up into the sky while the dark king turned to Sun with a cold smile. The siren stared at him with fright while Complica watched her sisters flying up into the sky.

"Sis-" she cried out before Kyouko slapped a hand over her mouth, the human watching the dark king with absolute fright.

"Quiet, we need to hide before he notices us," she hushed out frantically as she looked around for anywhere to hide. The courtyard was filled with demons and monsters that were all watching their king; however none of them seemed to be paying the human and angel any mind now. Kyouko looked around frantically then scrambled over on the ground towards the fallen debris from the wall that had killed the witch sisters.

Babylon held a hand to Sun's cheek, the siren trembling with fright as his eyes seemed to show a slight glimmer of something far more evil and dark than she had imagined behind them.

"And you, my dear Sun Otonashi, will serve a great purpose as well," he said with a chuckle. Sun tried to scream, her voice only coming out as a hoarse whimper as the demon holding her applied pressure to her throat. The girl coughed and choked as Babylon laughed at her.

"Don't worry, you'll be singing much more under my command, all for a greater cause than anything else that could have awaited you on this miserable little rock," he said with amusement.

Kyouko and Complica hid behind the rubble of the fallen wall, keeping low while watching the dark king with fearful eyes. Complica looked up at the sky and shook her head as she started to cry.

"They took my sisters, they killed everybody and took my sisters back to that world, what are we going to do?" she whimpered as she looked to Kyouko. The human looked to her then to Babylon with frustration and teary eyes.

"I don't know, I don't know what we can do," she said shaking her head.

Babylon stepped back from the siren then snapped his fingers.

"Take her to be leashed like a good little girl, then we'll be putting my new siren to good use," he ordered, with the demons holding the siren then taking off into the air. Sun struggled and tried to scream while she was lifted into the air, the monster in front of her holding her throat while the one behind held her by the shoulders. Babylon laughed as he watched them fly up out of sight then looked over to seeing Felucia walking towards him with fury in her eyes, her body having healed again while she was now holding a bloodied sword in her hand.

"You… goddamned… motherfucking… ASSHOLE!" she yelled as she raced towards the man with tears in her eyes. Babylon chuckled then caught the girl's swing as she tried to slash as his head, the doll demon struggling in his grip as he grabbed hold of both of her wrists and held in her place effortlessly.

"You killed my friends, you killed my demon, you took everything from me; I'm going to fucking kill you for this! I'm going to fucking kill you!" Felucia cried out while shaking her head. Babylon smirked and tilted his head while Kyouko and Complica watched with worried eyes.

"Ah yes, you were the one that broke into my palace weren't you? Such impressive efforts from a wandering soul," Babylon mused. Felucia looked to him with fury as she struggled to move, her hands unable to budge an inch in the man's powerful grasp.

"When I get done with you you're going to be begging for mercy! I'll never forgive you, I'll hunt you down until the end of time, I'll gut you like a fucking fish and splatter your goddamned brains all over the ground, I'll-"

Babylon then crushed down on the girl's soul band, shattering it instantly with a crackle of energy that sparked out from his hand. Felucia jerked back then dropped to the ground with a thump, her expression frozen in shock as her body slowly shifted to a dull coarse color. Kyouko held a hand over her mouth to keep her scream from getting out as well as over Complica's while the young angel watched with horror at the sight.

"Impressive efforts, yet all for nothing," Babylon said coldly as he walked away, with Felucia's body then shifting to dust and crumbling apart. Kyouko grabbed Complica and ducked down behind the rubble, holding the young angel close while the chronofly whimpered and cried into her shirt. The human tried to control her breathing as she kept pressed back against the debris to remain out of sight, feeling her heart beating quickly while she was now crying out of agony and sorrow.

'Everyone's dead! Everyone's dead, Luna and Falla are going to be raped to death, and Sun was taken away to be that monster's slave! What the hell am I going to do now?'

Babylon looked around with a cold grin as he saw the remains of the compound falling into flames and ruin. The monsters and dreadnaught all around kept watching him while awaiting his command while dozens of flying demons along with the two rylos continued to circle the compound above in the sky.

"Yes, this was most certainly worth the endeavor, how very kind of them to not only reveal themselves but also open that gateway for me as well. Such generous and foolish creatures," he laughed. He then walked off to the side as his wings stretched out behind him, with Kyouko slowly peeking out from behind the rubble as she held Complica close to her still.

"I'm going to go make sure our lovely guests are comfortable in their new home and finish preparations for the invasion. The rest of you, have some fun while you're down here, kill and destroy as much as you can in the meantime. Level entire cities to the ground, spill enough blood to cover the world, rape to your hearts content if you so desire. Show the world a taste of what's to come!" he ordered with a dark booming voice. The demons and dreadnought roared out along with those in the air, the minions then scattering and heading off in all directions. The dreadnought took to the sky and flew off with a large group of flying demons while on the ground dozens of brutes and charmed warriors took off into the hills and forests around the compound. One of the rylos squawked and started to fly off in another direction while the other continued to circle the ravaged compound. Babylon laughed then looked over to Kyouko, the girl jumping with a yelp as she turned pale from seeing him watching her.

"Haha, did you think I failed to notice you hiding back there?" he laughed. Kyouko trembled while still holding Complica down and close to her. Babylon chuckled as he looked at the girl with a sly grin.

"Nothing escapes my eye little girl, however a mere insect such as yourself is hardly worth any time of mine. Enjoy your final moments in what's left of your world, however fleeting they will be," he said coldly before taking off into the air. Kyouko watched him fly up then looked around fearfully, seeing the other demons and monsters heading off while the remains of the villa were in flames. No gunfire was heard, no voices were heard, nothing but the crumbling of the burning buildings and the roars and howls of the demons that were running loose into the world. The two girls shakily got up and looked around with horror, seeing the bodies of their friends strewn about along with the fallen demons and monsters from the short battle. Blood had soaked the ground along with ashes and rubble, the entire villa having been decimated by the assault of the dark monsters.

"Oh my god… this isn't happening… this isn't happening…" Kyouko whimpered while shaking her head. Complica broke down crying and clung to the human's waist.

"They took my sisters and they took Sun and they killed my big brother and they killed everyone and now we're all alone what do we do what are we supposed to do now we have to save them we have to save my sisters and Sun we have to do something why is this happening I just want my sisters back bring them back please bring them back!" she cried out while Kyouko held the girl with teary eyes. She dropped to her knees and held the girl tightly as they both cried amongst the battlefield.

"I'm sorry Complica, I'm sorry. We'll figure something out, we'll save them, I promise," Kyouko said before she broke down into tears. She held the crying chronofly angel as she felt her hope falling apart. Everyone was dead, three of their own had been taken away, and monsters from the dark world were running loose in the area.

"Tsukune! Where are you, I need you!" she cried out as the two girls sobbed in each other's arms.

The two girls then looked up as the rylo above let out another loud screech. The massive flyer circled above the remains of the villa as flashes were seen coming from above it along its spines.

"What the fuck is that thing anyway?" Kyouko yelled out with anger. Complica looked at the rylo with watery eyes then jumped with a gasp.

"Wait, Ran told me about those things, they're called rylos. They're storm demons," she said fearfully. Kyouko looked at the rylo with widening eyes as electrical arcs flared around the monster's wings and spread out into the sky like a tangled web.

"They're what kind of demons?" she asked nervously.

A loud boom was heard as the lightning above seemed to explode around the rylo like an expanding ball of energy, with the sphere of bolts breaking apart and flying off in all directions as a powerful tornado flared from underneath the demon's wings. Kyouko and Complica watched with terror as the tornado erupted into a wild spiral that expanded out far and wide around the massive flyer while circling about in the air. A moment later the lightning storm struck everywhere down below at the villa and surrounding forests while the winds picked up to hurricane level speeds. Sections of the forest were blown into fiery infernos while parts of the hillside and remains of the villa were struck with powerful bolts of lightning all around. The wind blew debris and ash wildly through the air along with a few vehicles from the villa and trees from the forest. Kyouko screamed and ducked down while shielding Complica with her body, the two girls crying out as the rampaging storm seemed to drop right on top of them from the rylo above. Lightning stuck into area wildly and rapidly while loose chunks of earth and debris were thrown around in the winds that formed a few raging tornados.

"AHHH!" Complica cried out as she shut her eyes and clung to Kyouko.

"I've got you Complica!" Kyouko cried out before a massive blast of electricity hit nearby, with Complica then being knocked out from the force of the explosion.

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Slowly Complica opened her eyes, her hearing being muffled as her senses were gradually coming back to her. It was hard to breathe, with her body feeling like it was buried under something. After a moment she realized she was being held by Kyouko still, the chronofly's face being partially smothered by the human's bosom. They were both lying down still, with Complica on the ground and Kyouko atop her, along with rocks and bricks covering them as well. Complica coughed as she struggled to move, her body feeling weak while the air was dusty and stale.

"Ky… Kyouko?" she asked weakly. She tried to move, her left hand slowly pushing a few loose stones away from her on the side. The bricks toppled over, showing a glimpse of the night sky through a hole in the debris. Complica tried to pull her other arm out from under some dirt and bricks while her head was pinned to looking towards the opening she had made at her left by the human girl atop her.

"We're… we're alive. Kyouko, are you ok?" she asked as she tried to budge. Again she heard nothing, and then stopped moving. She blinked then glanced to the girl's chest that was next to her head, not seeing it moving.

"Kyouko?" she asked worriedly. She blinked then moved her free hand to find Kyouko's hand lying at their side, motionless. She tried to shake it then started whimpering.

"Kyouko? Are you ok? Say something," she said, still getting no response from the human girl. Complica started panicking as she tried to free her other arm from the dirt, feeling Kyouko's body lying atop her and pinning her down. She grunted and pulled with all her might, slowly budging free and trying to pull herself out towards the opening where she could see the sky. With another mighty pull she yanked herself to the side as more loose bricks and stones toppled over and down into a charred crater that was next to them. Complica dug herself out of the debris then looked to seeing the large hole where a bolt of lightning had struck.

"Oh my god, that nearly killed us," she said with fright. She then looked back and started clawing away at the loose stones and dirt where she saw Kyouko's jacket under.

"Kyouko, please, say something, anything!" she cried out. After she moved aside a few more stones she gasped and held her hands over her mouth, staring with watery eyes at the human girl who did not survive the storm. Kyouko had managed to save Complica's life, just barely, by being the human shield, which was evident from the scorch marks that had covered the backside of her head and lower body from the lightning strikes. The human had a lifeless gaze in her eyes which were still open, with dried blood seen in her mouth and on her forehead.

"No… not you too… Kyouko," Complica whimpered quietly. She started crying while holding onto the human girl's back, feeling scared and alone more so now than ever.

"Please don't die, don't leave me here all alone!" she cried as she held onto the girl. Her sobs echoed out into the air as a breeze blew by, her hair fluttering gently as she clung to the deceased human. After a while she slowly sat up and looked down at Kyouko with teary eyes.

"I'm sorry, this is all my doing. I never should have put that stupid bracelet on, I did all of this. I'm so sorry," she whimpered. She started breathing shakily as she looked up at the sky with fearful eyes.

"I got all of you killed, and now my sisters are both trapped in that dark world forever," she said before crying again. The young angel rubbed her eyes while shaking her head, unable to stop her tears as she felt her despair sinking in. She looked down with sorrow and slowly stood up, giving one last look at Kyouko before she slowly trudged off aimlessly. As she walked through the remains of the villa she slowly glanced around, seeing rubble and charred debris with the occasional body of one of Fang Fang's guards. She also unfortunately caught sight of a bloodied black feathered wing without an owner, knowing it was once Gabriel's, Yukari's bloodied hat which was torn up, Mizore's choker which was charred and burned, Sun's sketchpad which had blood on it, and one of Render's swords which was scratched and scuffed in the dirt. Then she also saw Kokoa's remains lying on the ground, the vampire having been clawed into two halves viciously by demons, and a bat that was nuzzling against the girl's cheek with small squeaks.

"Ms. Kokoa… Ms. Kokoa!" Kou squeaked out with agony as his mistress lay dead next to him. Complica walked up to them and looked down at the redhead with teary eyes, with Kou then slowly looking up to her then jumping with a small squeak.

"Ms. Complica, you're still alive!" he said with surprise. Complica nodded slowly then glanced behind her.

"Kyouko… saved my life… by shielding me from the lightning," she said sadly. Kou looked at her for a moment then around.

"Where is she? Did anyone else survive?" he asked. Complica whimpered then shook her head.

"They're all dead… they're all dead and my sisters were taken away and Sun was taken away and we're all that's left!" she cried out before she dropped to her knees and sobbed while holding her hands to her face. Kou looked at her with sorrow then back to Kokoa who lay motionless next to him.

"Ms. Kokoa, I'm sorry, I failed in protecting you," he said before he broke down into tears while squeaking sadly. Complica looked to him with teary eyes then to Kokoa.

"It's all my fault, I was the one who overloaded that bracelet and blew open a hole into that world, I got everybody killed," she said softly. Kou sniffled then looked to her as she slowly stood up.

"This is all because of me, I screwed up again, I screwed up so badly again, why do I keep screwing up like this?" she whimpered shaking her head.

"Ms. Complica, you didn't mean for any of this to happen, you didn't know what would happen with that bracelet," Kou reasoned.

"It's all my fault! I'm just a mistake in this world; all I do is ruin everything for everyone around me!" Complica cried out before she took off running. Kou squeaked then tried to follow after her as the chronofly ran aimlessly through the debris field, her tears dropping from her cheeks as she cried uncontrollably.

"I never should have been born, I never should have existed! I've ruined everything!" she wailed as she ran through the rubble. After a few more steps she tripped and tumbled into a roll, coming to a stop on some charred grass while crying out of sorrow. Slowly she looked up to see Ceal's body lying ahead of her, the mage having been ripped apart by the evil demons while his sword remained clutched in his hand. Complica screamed and scrambled over to him, shaking her head in agony as she saw the boy dead before her eyes.

"Ceal! I'm so sorry, please, I never wanted this! I never did!" she cried out before she held onto his arm and sobbed, her tears dropping onto the ground while she felt her heart aching. Kou fluttered nearby then perched down on a piece of rubble as he watched the girl cry her heart out for what had happened.

"I'm sorry big brother, I messed up again. I ruined everything for everyone, I'm just a horrible mistake in this world," she whimpered while lying down and holding onto the mage's arm tenderly.

"Ms. Complica…" Kou said quietly.

Complica whimpered then looked to Ceal's reptilian hand, the girl slowly tracing her own over his while she cried.

"Xarai, can you hear me? Are you there? Xarai?" she asked shakily while holding onto the boy's hand. She held it tightly and cried out while shaking her head.

"Please Xarai, please hear me! I'm sorry!" she sobbed loudly. She broke down crying while holding onto the mage's body, her voice echoing out while Kou started to cry as well. After a while Complica stopped when she felt something brushing against her cheek, the girl looking to seeing a black tentacle having come out of the ground next to her from a dark rift. She sat up and held onto the limb as it nuzzled against her cheek, a low mournful groan being heard below as Kou looked at them with remorseful eyes.

"I'm sorry Xarai, I screwed up so badly, please don't hate me," Complica whimpered. The tentacle gently brushed against her cheek while she held onto it, the girl looking at it with sorrow then back down to Ceal's remains. A few dark tentacles came from the ground and traced over the boy's remains, a painful groan being heard from below showing the necro demon's sorrow from the loss as well.

"He was going to kill that dragon, I know he was, but then all those monsters ganged up on him, it wasn't fair," she whimpered.

"We weren't ready for such a force to fight against, there were too many of them," Kou said sadly. Complica nodded then slowly looked up at the sky.

"If only we had help, if only we weren't alone with that fight we could have won. This is a nightmare, we wouldn't have stood a chance against those things no matter where we would have fought them, we're not strong enough alone," she said softly.

"The humans aren't going to survive this war, and neither will the monsters, we're all doomed," Kou squeaked nervously.

"No, it can't end like this… it can't end like this!" Complica cried out while shutting her eyes. She screamed and stumbled to her feet as Kou looked at her worriedly, with the dark tentacles of Xarai slowly swaying about nearby.

"No, no no no no, it can't end like this. There has to be a way to win, there has to be a way to stop Babylon, there just has to!" she cried out. She grabbed her hair and looked down with teary eyes of frustration and sorrow.

"We couldn't have beaten them all by ourselves, this was a disaster; we're completely outnumbered and overpowered. And everybody was planning on taking on Babylon and his armies after they sent me home, they wanted to go after him and kill him; they would have been slaughtered! They wouldn't have stood a chance against them!" she exclaimed.

"It's all over, everyone is dead, the dark army will be descending upon our worlds soon, we've already lost," Kou squeaked with despair while he hung his head low. Complica looked up with teary eyes, watching as the clouds of smoke and ash slowly dispersed with the night sky seen above.

"If only they knew exactly what they were up against, how badly we need all the help we can get, maybe…" she said softly before trailing off, seeming to become lost in thought for a moment. She blinked then slowly looked down, her hair covering her eyes as Kou looked around nervously.

"We should get out of here; we need to find a safe place to hide. Oh dear, but there's nowhere to run to, this whole world is going to be leveled to the ground soon, there's nothing we can do to stop this," he whimpered. Complica remained silent then slowly looked to Ceal with gentle eyes, seeing Xarai's limbs holding onto the mage while a low mournful groan was heard below.

"It can't end like this," she said softly. Kou looked to her with worried eyes as she wiped her tears away, the girl then looking around carefully. After a moment she looked back to Kou.

"We need to find my bat," she said. Kou looked at her curiously while she waited for a response, the girl then shaking her head with a frustrated expression.

"Please, we need to find my baseball bat, right now!" she cried out.

"What? Your bat? Why?" Kou asked.

"Just help me find it; I need to save my sisters and everybody!" Complica yelled out.

"Ms. Complica, if you're intending to embark on a hopeless suicide run against this dark army, you'll need much more than a little baseball bat to fight with," Kou reasoned shaking his head.

"Just find it for me, please! I'm begging you!" Complica cried out. She looked to the tentacles then back to Kou as the bat looked at her puzzled, with a few of the tentacles seeming to sway and turn towards her as if Xarai was listening as well.

"Please, I'm begging you, both of you; I need that to help everybody. Please, help me find it, I'll make all of this ok again, I promise, just find my bat!" Complica begged desperately. Kou glanced to Xarai's tentacles, as if the limbs were glancing back to him with unseen eyes, and then looked at Complica curiously. The girl held her hands together with pleading eyes.

"Please, it's our only hope, trust me," she urged. Kou looked at her for a moment then fluttered around while scanning the debris for the girl's trademark baseball bat. A few dark tentacles came up from the ruins around the destroyed main building as Xarai too started to search for it. Complica looked to Ceal with remorseful eyes then ran off towards a pile of rubble, frantically searching through it as she tried to hold back her tears.

"If I may ask, how are you intending to save everybody with a baseball bat?" Kou asked as he flew around in search of the item.

"By doing the only thing I can do," she said with determination.

After a while of searching a tentacle came up from a pile of broken wood and bricks, holding the girl's baseball bat while a groaning sound echoed out from below it. Complica and Kou looked over then quickly rushed towards it while the tentacle held the bat out for the girl to take.

"That's it, you found it, thank you," Complica said gratefully as she took hold of her bat. She looked it over with gentle eyes while Kou watched her curiously.

"Ok, now what are you going to do?" he asked as the girl gently traced a hand over the stick. Complica breathed out, then started whacking the baseball bat on the ground with hard strikes, with Kou watching with bewilderment as the girl swung again and again with fierce hits.

"Ms. Complica, what are you doing?" Kou exclaimed while shaking his head.

"I told you, the only thing I can do," Complica said with a focused expression as she kept hitting the stick down against the debris. After a few more hits the baseball bat snapped apart into two pieces, with the top half bouncing off onto the ground as Complica caught her breath.

"You had us find that thing only for you to break it? Are you suffering from chrono dementia or something?" Kou asked with disbelief. Complica dropped the severed half of the stick she was holding then picked up the top part, holding it up and shaking it while looking at it with worried eyes. After a moment a rolled up scroll slid out from the broken part, with Kou watching in wonder as the girl took the scroll and dropped the broken stick. She unrolled it and examined it with gentle eyes, slowly kneeling down and setting the spell on the ground as Kou fluttered over and landed on her shoulder.

"What is that?" he asked.

"The only way to save everybody," she said softly while tracing a hand over the casting diagram and strange letters that were written on the parchment. She studied the scroll carefully, her mind completely focused on her task with all her willpower as her eyes examined each part of the spell.

"I don't understand, what is this?" Kou asked. Complica stood up and took a few steps over towards a clearing while Kou landed down on the spell and looked at it curiously, with Xarai's tentacles gently swaying about nearby still. Complica held out her hands and focused her magic, a small ripple of chrono energy fluxing around her as she concentrated with all her might. She slowly moved her hands around accordingly, her monster energy drawing its power from the time stream as she focused on casting the spell with everything she had. Kou looked at her curiously before a soft light came from the ground before the girl. Several brightly colored rings, all of which glowed with a deep blue and a bright green, started to take form. They had dozens of odd symbols and characters around them as the multilayered rings glowed brightly and slowly circled around.

"Ms. Complica, what are you doing?" Kou asked.

In the center of the rings a faint glow started to form above in the air, a bright white light seeming to appear out of nowhere. Around it tears and rifts seared around, stars and moving celestial bodies flying by in a blur being seen through the tears. The glow in the middle get brighter and brighter, the tears and sears around it ripping through time wildly as the spell's core expanded. It sent out shockwave after shockwave with a loud bang each time, the rings on the ground flashing wildly and then spinning around. Kou looked at the spell with wonder then to scroll.

"Wait, this spell, it's… it's…" he said before looking back to Complica with surprise, the girl now turned to face him while still holding a hand back towards the spell's core. She had a sorrowful smile on her face as tears were dripping from her cheeks, her shirt fluttering gently in the wind.

"Chrono Displacement," she said softly. Kou jumped with a loud squeak then looked to the spell as it glowed brightly behind her.

"What? Why are you casting that, you know the dangers it holds! How did you even have this spell anyway, I thought it was destroyed and gone forever!" he cried out. Complica looked to the scroll with sorrowful eyes and nodded.

"It was, down here, but I had that copy in heaven. After I was placed into the heavenly city with my parents I drew it up while it was still fresh in my mind. Even though I always draw with so much detail that it's a mess for anyone to see, it worked out well in recreating that scroll, I remembered every detail as if I had just cast it on that day. I made it to always have nearby, so that one day I might have shown Lloyd when he came to heaven, show him what I did for him and why," she said softly. She whimpered then shook her head.

"To show him… the horrible mistake I made, and beg for his forgiveness for how stupid I was," she said with remorse. Kou stared at her with shock then to the spell's core.

"Ms. Complica… what are you doing?" he asked carefully.

"I'm doing the only thing I can do, I'm saving them all," Complica said looking back to the core. Kou squeaked then quickly flew in front of her, shaking his head while trying to push her back.

"No! You mustn't go into that thing Ms. Complica! You know what that spell does, it destroys the lifeforce of whoever goes back after one day!" he cried out.

"I know that," Complica said with teary eyes.

"Then you must also know that you are a disembodied soul, nothing but pure lifeforce! If you go back your entire being will be destroyed by the spell's cost, your soul will be killed!" Kou cried out desperately. Xarai let out a small groan before two tentacles quickly grabbed hold of Complica's leg and waist, the girl looking to them as they were holding her back.

"If you go back in time again your soul will die, you'll be erased from existence forever!" Kou cried out.

"I have to go! I have to warn everybody, I have to save them from what I did to them, I have to save my sisters!" Complica cried out as she tried to pull Xarai's limbs off of her.

"No Ms. Complica, I can't allow you to go! You'll be signing your death warrant, you'll be dooming yourself!" Kou said shaking his head while fluttering in front of the girl's face.

"Let me go Xarai, I have to do this, I have to save them!" Complica yelled out while pulling on the tentacle around her waist. Kou looked back to the spell then to her with worried eyes.

"I'll go back, I owe Ms. Kokoa to save her however I can," he said. Complica shook her head then grabbed the bat, throwing him away before she screamed and shifted through time, waving her hand back and slicing off Xarai's limbs. She appeared back in normal time a step closer to the spell's core as Kou tried to catch his balance and as more of the dark tentacles came up from the ground while the two that had been sliced apart vanished.

"No! Nobody else is going to die because of me! Nobody else is going to die because of what I did! This is all my fault, I need to correct this, I need to set things straight, I'm the one who's going back!" she yelled out. Kou regained himself then looked at her with nervous eyes.

"Wait, don't do this, think about what's going to happen to you," he pleaded. Xarai let out a low grown as the tentacles swayed towards Complica. The girl shook her head with a remorseful smile.

"I know what I'm doing, I know for sure this time. I gave my life up for a stupid reason; it was the worst mistake I ever made, something that I've come to accept. I lost my life because I wasn't thinking, but I am now. I know what will happen to me, what I'll lose this time. I know I'll be gone forever," she said softly. Kou looked at her with worried eyes while Xarai let out a mournful groan. Complica sniffled then looked back to the spell behind her.

"I know… that this is worth the cost," she said before she darted back and into the spell's core, with Kou screaming out behind her along with Xarai's loud groan.

"Ms. Complica!" Kou cried out before the girl's world flashed to white, her body flying past bright streaks of light and torn space as she closed her eyes, a few tears leaking out as she smiled sadly.

'I know what I'm doing this time. Luna, Falla, please forgive me, but I have to do this.'

A loud screeching sound echoed out, turning into a deafening roar before everything faded to black around her. Then she felt nothing at all, seeming to be floating in total darkness as her body went numb for a moment.

"Luna? Are you… still ok?" Falla's voice said in a soft echo. Slowly Complica's vision came into focus, the girl finding herself sitting on the floor in the dining room of the villa where she was before. She blinked then slowly looked around, seeing everybody in the room again while Luna slowly set her bracelet down on her table and looked to her hands with wonder.

"I feel… fine," she said with a growing smile. She laughed and looked to her hands then to Falla with amazement.

"I feel fine, I… I feel fine still," she said with a bright smile. She laughed and hugged her sister, with Falla holding her as well while smiling in relief as Luna held onto her.

"I'm ok, it's a miracle!" she said as the group smiled at their friend. Complica smiled as tears of joy started to form in her eyes, then looked around to seeing everybody alive and well again. They all had smiles of wonder as they looked at Luna after Ceal had healed her mind. Complica smiled with relief at seeing Arial and Sun, as well as everyone else that was once again alive, and then glanced to a large antique clock that was at the side of the room, looking at the time with a quiet whimper.

The clock's hands read 10:55.

Complica closed her eyes for a moment then rushed over and hugged Luna tightly while crying softly. Luna and Falla looked to her with gentle smiles as the young girl held onto her sister while sobbing.

"Sister…" Complica said softly before looking up at Luna, seeing the smile and gentle expression on her face that she knew so well.

"It's ok Complica, I'm fine, I'm really ok again," Luna reassured. Complica nodded then hugged her tightly, closing her eyes as she had a saddened smile on her face while her sisters held her.

"Complica, why are you crying?" Falla asked with a gentle smile. Complica sniffled then looked up to Luna, then to Falla, then back to Luna with a teary-eyed smile.

"I'm just… so happy that you're ok again."